Fanus Schoeman
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 1994 – June 1999
Personal details
Born (1945-06-29) 29 June 1945
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyNational Party
New National Party
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria

Stefanus Johannes "Fanus" Schoeman (29 June 1945 - 15 July 2022) was a South African politician and diplomat who represented the National Party (NP) in Parliament until 1999. Formerly the leader of the NP in Pretoria, he became a diplomat after leaving Parliament.

Life and career

Schoeman was born on 29 June 1945 and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Pretoria.[1] He represented the NP in the apartheid government, most proximately as Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development during the democratic transition of the early 1990s.[2][3]

In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Schoeman was elected to an NP seat in the new National Assembly.[4][5] During the legislative term that followed, he served as executive director of the NP[6][7] and later as spokesperson to former President F. W. de Klerk.[8][9] He was also the chair of the NP's regional branch in Pretoria;[10] in 1997, de Klerk supported his bid to succeed Roelf Meyer as the NP's provincial leader in Gauteng, but he was narrowly defeated by Sam de Beer.[11]

Schoeman left the National Assembly after the 1999 general election and subsequently served in ambassadorial posts in Singapore, from 2000 to 2004,[12] and in South Korea, until 2009.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Stefanus Schoeman". Who's Who SA. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Annette (1993). "The 1992 Referendum in South Africa". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 31 (2): 339–360. ISSN 0022-278X.
  3. ↑ "S. Africans Move Closer to Accord". Los Angeles Times. 14 February 1993. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Parliament Power Play Could Go To Court". The Mail & Guardian. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ministers in Nat power struggle". The Mail & Guardian. 6 January 1995. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Secret chemical war remains secret". The Mail & Guardian. 23 August 1996. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Daley, Suzanne (18 January 1997). "South Africa's Truth Panel Accuses de Klerk of Lies and Cover-Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Zim summit urges integration". The Mail & Guardian. 28 July 1997. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Police to probe fake bubbly scandal". The Mail & Guardian. 9 June 1997. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ↑ Schoeman, Stefanus Johannes (7 May 2014), "Singapore: From Red Dot to Shining Star", The Little Red Dot, Co-Published with Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore, pp. 221–223, doi:10.1142/9789814612814_0040, ISBN 978-981-4641-74-6, retrieved 20 April 2023
  13. ↑ "Stefanus J. Schoeman, fourth from left". Korea Times. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.